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Everyday, Average Jones (Tall, Dark & Dangerous #4)
When Melody needed someone to rescue her, she knew that navy SEAL Harlan "Cowboy" Jones was just the man for the job. But afterward, when things got more intimate, she had to write it off to an adrenaline rush. After all, she was looking for an ordinary guy---and Cowboy was anything but. Too bad their encounter left Melody with more than just memories...
Then Cowboy paid Me
...morePaperback, 256 pages
Published
March 1st 2004
by Mira Books
(first published August 1998)
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Opening Line: "It was extremely likely that she was going to die"
Harlan "Cowboy" Jones is the 4th SEAL to get his story told in Suzanne Brockmann's Tall Dark and Dangerous series. And while as a whole I am loving these well written, addictive stories and their delicious alpha male heroes this one was a letdown. It starts out with a ton of potential; exciting action, suspense, a decent heroine and a larger then life Navy SEAL hero coming to her rescue. Unfortunately Brockmann then pulls out the s...more
Harlan "Cowboy" Jones is the 4th SEAL to get his story told in Suzanne Brockmann's Tall Dark and Dangerous series. And while as a whole I am loving these well written, addictive stories and their delicious alpha male heroes this one was a letdown. It starts out with a ton of potential; exciting action, suspense, a decent heroine and a larger then life Navy SEAL hero coming to her rescue. Unfortunately Brockmann then pulls out the s...more
Jones is a Navy SEAL and Melody is one of the hostages he rescues. They have a short, intense affair and part. Predictably (because this is romancelandia) she turns out to be pregnant and doesn't tell him. Melody lives with her nurse sister in a lovely old house in a small, pleasant town; she wants to stay there at her job with a local politician and find a normal guy who'll be home every night. But when Jones finds out he fathered a child, he's determined to marry the mother.
This is a pretty st...more
This is a pretty st...more
Started off great. I really Loved Harlan "Cowboy" Jones. I thought he was a fantastic Hero. However, I really hate the secret baby plot device, and after the initial rescue at the Embassy, the story just up and died. I really disliked the heroine immensely. I thought she was just stupid. I can't think of another word besides stupid. The way she treats Cowboy. Geez. She made him jump through so many hoops, and he just patiently waited her out. Sleeping in a tent in her backyard for WEEKS. God, I...more
Buku ini nyeritain tentang Letnan Harlan "Cowboy" Jones, anggota tim Alpha Squad Navy SEAL dan Melody Evans.
Mereka bertemu pertama kali, sewaktu tim Alpha Squad bertugas nyelamatin 3 orang WN Amerika yang disandera teroris di Kedutaan Amerika di salah satu negara. Melody adalah salah satu sandera tersebut.
Tujuh bulan setelah misi penyelamatan tersebut, Cowboy yg ga bisa ngelupain Melody memutuskan untuk menemui Melody di Boston. Pertemuan kedua mereka mengejutkan keduanya, terutama Cowboy, kare...more
Mereka bertemu pertama kali, sewaktu tim Alpha Squad bertugas nyelamatin 3 orang WN Amerika yang disandera teroris di Kedutaan Amerika di salah satu negara. Melody adalah salah satu sandera tersebut.
Tujuh bulan setelah misi penyelamatan tersebut, Cowboy yg ga bisa ngelupain Melody memutuskan untuk menemui Melody di Boston. Pertemuan kedua mereka mengejutkan keduanya, terutama Cowboy, kare...more
Direkt zu Beginn wird der Leser in die Geschehnisse geworfen. Das Seal Team Ten der Alpha Squad ist dabei drei Geiseln aus den fängen von Terroristen zu befreien. So rückt auch Cowboy in den Vordergrund, denn in diesem Band ist er einer der Protagonisten. Unter den zu befreienden Geiseln befindet sich Melody. Sie ist die zweite Protagonistin, und die Geschichte beginnt.
Nach den ersten paar Seiten war ich geneigt das Buch mit den Worten "Oh, Himmel, nein!" in die Ecke zu schmeißen, denn die Befre...more
Nach den ersten paar Seiten war ich geneigt das Buch mit den Worten "Oh, Himmel, nein!" in die Ecke zu schmeißen, denn die Befre...more
This was different. The book before Frisco's Kid was already different, but this one was different from the different, which doesn't mean it's necessarily bad. I really liked Frisco's Kid and this one started good too, but I have too admit forced some annoying things on me through the course of the story.
Well, you got thrown into the story right away and I thought we gonna experience the whole rescue mission, throughtout the story Jones and Melody would get together. BUT instead we got the get...more
Well, you got thrown into the story right away and I thought we gonna experience the whole rescue mission, throughtout the story Jones and Melody would get together. BUT instead we got the get...more
When parrot breeders have a pair that won’t mate, they take them out of their warm comfortable cages, put them together inside a dog carrier, and drive them around in a car for about a half hour. When the birds go back inside their familiar cage, they will immediately dive into the nesting boxes, and furiously begin making babies.
Same thing for people. Put two people who are attracted to each other in a scary, “I’m gonna die!” situation, have them rescued, then their first inclination is to imit...more
Same thing for people. Put two people who are attracted to each other in a scary, “I’m gonna die!” situation, have them rescued, then their first inclination is to imit...more
Wer hätte das gedacht: "Operation Heartbreaker" hat sich tatsächlich zu einer kleinen Sucht entwickelt. "Cowboy - Riskanter Einsatz" ist der vierte Band dieser Reihe, den ich - wie seine Vorgänger - innerhalb von kürzester Zeit verschlungen habe.
Zwar ist "Cowboy - Riskanter Einsatz" nicht ganz so gut wie "Für ein Kuss von Frisco", aber dennoch unterhaltsam. Es fällt jedoch auf, dass die Reihe kaum noch Thrillerelemente enthält, sondern viel mehr auf Romantik und Leidenschaft setzt. Ich finde es...more
Zwar ist "Cowboy - Riskanter Einsatz" nicht ganz so gut wie "Für ein Kuss von Frisco", aber dennoch unterhaltsam. Es fällt jedoch auf, dass die Reihe kaum noch Thrillerelemente enthält, sondern viel mehr auf Romantik und Leidenschaft setzt. Ich finde es...more
Melody Evans first met Harlan "Cowboy" Jones when he burst into her life to rescue her and two fellow hostages from terrorists. For six wonderful days and nights after reaching safety Melody and Harlan are barely apart. Now months later, Cowboy wants to see Melody again, but she is hiding a very big secret. melody was convinced she wanted an ordinary man, that Cowboy won't be happy tied to a wife and child.
I'm not a fan of accidental pregnancies, secret babies, or children in most romances. Kids...more
I'm not a fan of accidental pregnancies, secret babies, or children in most romances. Kids...more
Ini adalah HQ pertama yang aku baca setelah hampir 5 tahun ga baca novel sejenis. Mengapa ga baca HQ? Karena ceritanya sinetron bgt dan alurnya yang gt2 aj. Pertemuan-Jatuh cinta-sad ending or happy ending. Biasanya selalu happy ending. :D
Buku ini aku beli ketika di Palembang awal November 2009. Tapi baru sekarang aku baca. Karena stok bukuku yang mau dibaca menipis. Hal ini berbanding lurus juga dengan simpanan uang di dompetku. akhirnya aku harus membaca buku yang hanya iseng2 doang aku beli *...more
Buku ini aku beli ketika di Palembang awal November 2009. Tapi baru sekarang aku baca. Karena stok bukuku yang mau dibaca menipis. Hal ini berbanding lurus juga dengan simpanan uang di dompetku. akhirnya aku harus membaca buku yang hanya iseng2 doang aku beli *...more
Pretty interesting, but not much actually happened in the book. It was all based on internal struggle & people's stupidity for not going after and admitting what they want.
Just proves that people need to be more honest with each other.
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Just proves that people need to be more honest with each other.
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Book #4 - Everyday, Average Jones
If I ever need rescuing I hope I get someone like Harlan "Cowboy" Jones. Melody Evans is one lucky lady...I like this book – even if it felt like I could strangle Melody at times for being so stubborn. MAN! Girl, you’ve got a GREAT man worshipping at your feet...get with it! (Venting session over...)
The research and knowledge of Navy Seals woven into such a wonderful
story filled with romance won me over, Suzanne Brockmann is one of my favourite authors and look...more
If I ever need rescuing I hope I get someone like Harlan "Cowboy" Jones. Melody Evans is one lucky lady...I like this book – even if it felt like I could strangle Melody at times for being so stubborn. MAN! Girl, you’ve got a GREAT man worshipping at your feet...get with it! (Venting session over...)
The research and knowledge of Navy Seals woven into such a wonderful
story filled with romance won me over, Suzanne Brockmann is one of my favourite authors and look...more
Harlan "Cowboy" Jones was on the SEAL team assigned to rescue three embassy workers from a country taken over by terrorists. Melody Evans was one of the three and from the moment Cowboy showed up, she had absolute trust that he would save her life. Following the rescue, they were inseparable for days until it was time for her to return to her life in Appleton, Massachusetts and she ended it, knowing what they had wouldn't last.
Seven months later, Cowboy shows up in Appleton, not having been abl...more
Seven months later, Cowboy shows up in Appleton, not having been abl...more
"Believe it or not, all the information I need to do damn near anything is two miles down that road in the town library. Need your refrigerator fixed? Piece of cake. Just get me a book. I can learn another language, build a house from the foundation up, shoe a horse-you name it, the knowledge I need to get the job done is in the library, guaranteed. Especially now that they're plugged into the internet." -Harlan Jones - Everyday, Average Jones - Suzanne Brockmann
Sweetest words to someone who wor...more
Sweetest words to someone who wor...more
3 1/2 stars
I really liked Harlan Jones and Meledy too. I liked this kid next door and of course the other seals.
The romance had some steamy parts and some sweet ones and the story line was good too.
BUT there was a time in the middle i was waiting for some loving! it had so much going for it and i understand that he was giving her time and waiting her out and i think thats great. It just needed a bit more umph.
as i said i still really liked it.
I really liked Harlan Jones and Meledy too. I liked this kid next door and of course the other seals.
The romance had some steamy parts and some sweet ones and the story line was good too.
BUT there was a time in the middle i was waiting for some loving! it had so much going for it and i understand that he was giving her time and waiting her out and i think thats great. It just needed a bit more umph.
as i said i still really liked it.
A little strange, but still a rather entertaining story about a young woman rescued from terrorists who falls immediately in lust with her rescuer. Months pass, he looks her up again only to get the cold shoulder. When he shows up in person to press his case, he discovers a very pregnant young woman. He feels compelled to "do the right thing" and she will have none of his marriage proposals. What's a guy to do?
I discovered this book in the library. I had not heard of Suzanne Brockmann before picking up this novel. After reading this novel, I searched out other novels by Suzanne Brockmann. The research and knowledge of Navy Seals woven into such a wonderful story filled with romance won me over, Suzanne Brockmann is one of my favourite authors and look forward to reading each of her navy seal stories.
I love the amazing men that Ms. Brockmann creates. Cowboy, aside from his talent as a SEAL, is a caring fellow who has a strong desire to never let those he cares about down. Melody has alot of real concerns about a husband and father who is away for weeks, sometimes months on dangerous missions. These are real issues, and I think they're handled very well.
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I think I'm the opposite of the woman in the story - an accountant or some other mundane job bores me, and I'm afraid if my husband loved that type of work we may not be compatible. It was fun to read about someone who thinks so differently than me and imagine what her life must be like. I also liked the plot of the foster kid next door.
Next book in her Navy Seal series that predates her Seal/Troubleshooters bestsellers series. In this one we follow Harlan " Cowboy" Jones rescuing a hostage in a country taken over by a extremist regime. They connect and have 6 days of lust. Move forward 7 months, Cowboy is still thinking about Melody and shows up on her door step. Surprise, Melody is 7 months pregnant and doesn't want him to do the right thing. She wants an average life not a part time adrenaline junkie partner that is barely t...more
Nothing to say more than what's already been said. Melody is stubborn and selfish. And Cowboy turns into a doormat for her to wipe her feet on. Melody's obsession with "normal" was annoying. Most of the book was Cowboy trying his best to do the right thing, to be what she wants and Melody freezing him out at every point for no valid reason. She's got to be one of the worst heroines I've ever read in any romance.
This book started out strongly and actually finished okay, but in the middle it failed! Melody, the heroine, started out as such a great character, and then deteriorated into such a selfish, whiny, pig-headed b*tch that I never recovered any respect for her.
*******Spoiler Alert*******
I liked Cowboy, and I respected that he didn't instantly fall in love with Melody, but was willing to do what was right. I dislike the "hidden pregnancy/baby" storyline. There are circumstances where it makes sense...more
*******Spoiler Alert*******
I liked Cowboy, and I respected that he didn't instantly fall in love with Melody, but was willing to do what was right. I dislike the "hidden pregnancy/baby" storyline. There are circumstances where it makes sense...more
I finished this in one sitting. I picked the book up just before bedtime and ending up staying until early morning.
It's typical, feel-good fluff that I expect from Brockmann's writing style. I like the SEAL hero in this book, and the heroine started out strong for me. However, the reason, I give it only three stars, is that somewhere in the middle I got tired of the conflict. I think the reasons the female was given for not accepting the hero's marriage proposal got weaker and weaker, and althou...more
It's typical, feel-good fluff that I expect from Brockmann's writing style. I like the SEAL hero in this book, and the heroine started out strong for me. However, the reason, I give it only three stars, is that somewhere in the middle I got tired of the conflict. I think the reasons the female was given for not accepting the hero's marriage proposal got weaker and weaker, and althou...more
I'd give this 3.5 stars. I didn't like it as much as the previous books in the series. I did like the character of Andy and his relationship with Cowboy.
I liked the opening action and then it became mainly a romance novel after that.
I liked the opening action and then it became mainly a romance novel after that.
My opinion of the story hasn't changed since I first read the book about 2 years ago - the heroine Melody was needlessly and relentlessly stupid about Jones, the SEAL who knocked her up after rescuing her from terrorists. But I liked the narrator Maia Guest's treatment of the characters, and - maybe it's the moon - found myself weepy near the end when even he gives up on himself and her, and walks away. This is another of those frothy bits of fluff - short and sweet and satisfying (except for wh...more
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Suzanne Brockmann is the author of nearly 50 romance and romantic suspense novels, including her wildly popular 15-books-and-counting Troubleshooters series. She also wrote the popular Tall, Dark & Dangerous series for Silhouette Intimate Moments.
In her free time she likes to sing and do volunteer work. She is a proud member of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) as well...more
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In her free time she likes to sing and do volunteer work. She is a proud member of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) as well...more
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